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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "cinderline-northcinder--vet-a-seller-before-buying",
 "repo": "cinderline/northcinder",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/cinderline/northcinder",
 "repo_slug": "cinderline-northcinder",
 "title": "Vet a seller before buying",
 "page_title": "How to vet a seller before buying with Northcinder",
 "summary": "Run NorthCinder's seller research guide to check identity, sources, and unknowns.",
 "who": "A buyer who is about to purchase from an unfamiliar merchant and wants to know whether the seller is who they claim to be and how trustworthy the seller's history looks.",
 "problem": "Polished seller pages and copied listings can hide who actually sells an item, and unknown seller history is easy to mistake for a safe record.",
 "outcome": "A research checklist followed for the exact seller, with conflicts and unknowns listed, and a result that stays provisional until you check it yourself.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `npx northcinder init` if you have not already set up NorthCinder in your AI app.",
  "Ask your AI app to read the resource `northcinder://research/seller`.",
  "Ask the app to call `create_research_plan` with your actual request and the exact seller name.",
  "Have the app follow the returned checklist using the research tools it already controls.",
  "Review the sources, conflicts, and unknowns yourself before deciding whether to buy."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the NorthCinder MCP server, read northcinder://research/seller, then call create_research_plan for the seller <seller name> and the request <request>. Return the checklist results, source conflicts, and unknown seller history, and mark the result as provisional. Verify that the seller identity matches the exact merchant named before treating any finding as usable.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says no host and model combination is currently qualified for routine research use, so every seller research result must be checked by the buyer before relying on it.",
 "category": "Money",
 "tags": [
  "Money"
 ],
 "lang": "javascript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node.js 20 or later",
  "An MCP-capable AI app",
  "Store connections you choose to configure, if you want searches beyond the built-in setup"
 ],
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
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 "score": 0.9,
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